“The takeaway for GCs [general counsels] is the increasing focus by the SEC on injunctive – and perhaps even market-changing – relief such as extracting from defendants admissions of culpability, retractions of prior statements, and agreements to exit key markets,” according to attorney Beth Boland.

Corporate America’s reputation took a hit during the financial crisis, but, in a potentially encouraging sign for business, the number of federal securities fraud lawsuits seeking class-action status fell to its lowest number in six years in 2012

New York’s public pension fund has added another wrinkle to the Citizens United debate with a lawsuit that attempts to force telecommunications company Qualcomm Inc. to disclose its political expenditures.